Freshman Success: Unit 3 Summative Assessment

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SPEECH

To further your abilities in public speaking

Speech is about your Preparation Creating interest

Increase your confidence in public speaking

PURPOSE

Informative Example: How you trap a bear

Create Interest Example: Your hobbies

Convincing Example: Why someone should always wear shoes, based

on your experiences

Entertaining Example: Tell about the time you went on your first hunting

trip, forgot your shoes, and stepped in a bear trap

TYPES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SPEECH

https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Xu5Vuj7qk

WHICH TYPE IS THIS?

Recommend that you choose either the entertaining speech or the informative speech

Prepare thoroughly

Know the order in which you want to tell your experience, the words you want to use to describe it, the pace in which you tell the experience.

DO NOT MEMORIZE your speech

SPEECH TIPS

1. Wrecks2. Falling through ice3. Swimming4. Hunting5. Camping6. Hiking7. Climbing8. Racing9. Sports Contests

10. A memorable trip11. An experiment12. Sickness13. At a carnival14. Embarrassment15. A Funny Incident16. Building Something17. Speaker’s Choice

TOPIC IDEAS

Think of the suggestions on the previous slide What you decide on should be vivid in your memory and

clear

Do not begin stalling before you make a choice because you feel that you don’t have anything interesting to talk about. A topic on its own is NOT interesting you make it

interesting

Choose a topic immediately!!!!

HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC

Decide your purpose for giving the speech Inform Entertain Convince Curiosity

Outline your speech with a lot of detail This will help you arrange what you talk about into the best

order to create an overall picture Explain your personal feelings, emotions, and reactions to

the experience

HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SPEECH

Practice your speech aloud in front of the mirror and friends

Continue practicing until you have memorized the sequence of events, NOT the words

The more you practice the stronger your speech will become

MORE PREPARATION

When you feel your speech is ready ask yourself these questions: Does your speech merely list a series

of persons, places, things, and time without telling what happened to these persons and things?

Is your speech about YOU only?

Do you have an introduction that grabs the audience’s attention and creates curiosity?

Do you have a conclusion? “That is it” is NOT a conclusion

FINAL EVALUATION OF SPEECH

Speak clearly and loudlyUse your voice normally and conversationallyArms and hands rest by your side unless you are

gesturingYou can change your position in front of the class by

walking to the right or left a few feet Only do this once or twice Brings more attention to your presentation

You may use ONE 3 x 5 card for notes during the speech Do not let the card be a distraction

Speech is to be 3 – 5 minutes in lengthProvide an outline for your teacherYou will be video taped while presenting

WHEN PRESENTING

Listen as I read this personal experience speech: “I Saw it Blow”

EXAMPLE BY TEACHER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReE7-X70iPU

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SPEECH

EXAMPLE 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1V6y5iAEac

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SPEECH

EXAMPLE 2

Discuss the two speeches you just watched

Compare and Contrast the speeches What were some good elements that you saw in each

speech? What were some aspects of the presentations that could

have used improvement?

DISCUSS

Use the rest of the period to outline your speech

WORK TIME